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Build Your Own Financial Aha! Moment

Editor’s Note: Today’s Wealthy Retirement shows that when it comes to finance, it pays to have a do-it-yourself attitude.
And when it comes to having breakthrough moments that could decide your financial future, it’s important to trust the experts…
Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld makes that as easy as possible.
Marc was featured in the Wealth Breakthroughs documentary series, which follows some of the finance industry’s leading voices in order to share their aha! moments and help regular folks achieve a wealthy retirement.
He’ll hit the big screen on July 9. Click here to learn more.
– Rachel Gearhart, Associate Franchise Publisher

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Germany's beleaguered Wirecard to proceed with business after insolvency

Wirecard, the German scandal-hit payments company, said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a provisional administrator to be appointed by judicial authorities shortly. “Whether insolvency proceedings will be opened is still under review.” Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost $4 billion after disclosing a hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud. …read more […]

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Brazil signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Brazil announced on Saturday that it had signed a $127 million agreement to start producing locally an experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca that has shown promise to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The AstraZeneca vaccine is considered the world’s leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development to obtain licensure and become an official vaccine against the disease, according to the World Health Organization. Elcio Franco, Brazil’s No.2 public health official, said in a press conference that the country will initially produce some 30 million doses of the vaccine, half by December and half by January of next …read more […]

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Financial Freedom vs. Financial Independence: Which Are You?

Financial freedom vs. financial independence: what’s the difference? Many people use the terms interchangeably. But there are distinct differences between the two ideas. And they can lead to very different lifestyles.
At Investment U, we believe financial freedom is the end goal. And financial independence is an important step to get there.

Financial Independence
The key to understanding this term is the second word: independence. According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the best definition of independence is:
“The freedom to organize your own life, make your own decisions, etc. without needing help from other people.”
Being financially independent means you don’t need to rely on …read more […]